Fiat Chief Pulls Out the Deal Wrench

Sergio Marchionne is trying to pull off the deal of his lifetime, and there are lots of pieces to go around for bankers, lawyers and other cogs in the Wall Street deal machine.

The chief executive of Chrysler Group LLC and majority owner Fiat SpA aims to have the Italian company buy full control of the U.S. auto maker and publicly sell shares on a U.S. stock exchange, a maneuver likely to include a complicated chain reaction that...